Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-10-30
MARTINS FERRY.

yonr reporter one Gay last week remarked:
do you know what would do as much to-
wards making this town real city as any
thing which has ever been prop0sed?'' We
answered that we had thought of several
things, but that we would like to hear him
speak his little piece nevertheless well"
said he, some good streets that are pass
able during the entire year will do it.
My idea is TO start brick pavement at the
Etnayille line, on Bessemer avenue. and
open up the street through Bridenstein's
property mot on the house and fraction
plan, but on the assessment plan) to
Broadway. Pave this new street and con-
tinue up BrOa iway 10 Jefferson, down
Jefferson TO Fourth, up Fourth TO Han
over to Fifth and up Fifth to the county
road, near the DeHass. Open all these
new streets and pave them at once, and
make direct thOrOughfare through town
from one end TO the other which will
be away from all railroads and
which will have no heavy grades. Then
it would be well to pave Centre from the
c. & p. to where it strikes Fifth, and Hau-
over from First to Fifth, and Fayette from
First to Fourth, and Jefferson or Buckeye
from First to the point where they strike
the through line. BY paving these cross
streets tram can get from any part of the
bottom to the thOroughtare without incOn-
veniepce or hard pull, and the street
system would be practically perfect, and
we could boost Of the towns appearance
instead Of being ashamed of it as now"
at may seem that this plan will en-
tail the expenditure of a great deal
OF money, but it will not, under the
State law for such improvements.
fall heavily on any one. OF course
the city would in all probability be forced
to issue few thousand dollars worth of
bonds to put in CurbiDg on all these streets,
hut why not as well do it all at once as to
keep monkeying along for years, and still
have nothing done. How much better are
our streets than ten years ago? | can't SEE
that they are any better, aud the city has
in that time spent at least 500, 900 on
them. OF course the work need not stop
here, Ii the people on other streets want
to follow suit, let them come in and i'm.
prove The more the merrier and the
better for the town.
Did it ever occur to You how short
SlSnteu some corporations areS
There is ground in Martins Ferry lying
between the c. & P, or Pennsylvania sys.
ten, and the c., l.. & w, or Lake Shore
and b. & q. systems ofrallway, within 500
feet of the Ohio river at good wharfage
points, and within fifty feet OF the Vince
ling Natural Gas Co. 3 nigh pressure mains,
which can be purchased for 81 900 an acre,
and that 81 ,0G0 he Invested "a stock in any
kind of a paying manufacturing plant.
Think of it, fifty shares of stock in the
concern to be built will pay for five acres
of land located as described above. Iu
any city OF any Importance, and probably
with less, or a most no more, advantages,
the same amount of ground will cost S2O,-
600, or enough in excess of the Martins
Ferry price to erect the buildings for al
most any kind OF 4 plant. 1t has in times
gone by been stated as an argument that
the fire protection is poor, but that don't
90 any more. Fire plugs all around the
concern may he had, and as cheaply az in
any other city in the Union.
Capt. John A. NJ Scitz is on the sick
list
Willie Dawson, who has been sick for
several weeks, IL tnnNaiSSCtDJ.
The Bayless House ia being enlarged to
accommodate the increasing trade.
Or all the enterprises in which Martins
Ferry people are interested none are more
prosperous than the Standard Iron COM
pany. We were informed at the office
few days ago that they could see their way
clear for 9 steady winters run, and that
they could make no complaints whatever.
j. S. Godfrey and family removed TO
Pittsburg last week.
Miss Lizzie Raney has returned home
from Cleveland where she spent the sum-
mer, and is entertaining her sister, Mrs
Thos Johns, of Meyer, Pa.
Lott d SCheehle always keep in stock a
fall line of groceries. Goods sold lower
than tine lowest Call and see them. Cor
ner Second and Hanover streets.
Vim. Lipphardt il in the East on a
business trip in the interest of the Ohio
Wine Co.
Thomas Mccormick, of Bellaire, will
open an auction room for the sale Of furni-
turs aud household goods in the vacant
room in the old DIR. West building, corner
Second and Hanover streets.
The Standard Iron Company has Just
put III a monster shearing machine for
trimming the edges of sheets. The shears
are among the largest in the world.
Miss Belle Sullivan, of Wheeling, is the
guest OF Miss Hattie McWilliams, OF Third
street
Mr.. Frank Custer has removed from
Steubenville to this city, where he is en-
ployed in the Buckeye Glass Works.
Richard Swanger, a Laughlin mill mailer,
is Oh the sick list.
The ohio Valley NCirs of last week says
the music club which gave Queen Esther a
few weeks since contemplates the prOduc
tion OF Little Tycoon, or 1.-THE Mikado. "
That is enterprise, and we hope they will
not let it end in contemplation.
Mr.. Harry Parker and Esther Bioan
were married at the residence Of Alexan-
der Reed, on Fayette street, last night.
MRS. May Robinson il at Warnock's
Station visiting friends.
Mr.. Albert link has opened large
furniture store in Steubenville. His son
Frank, assisted by r G.. Heslop will con-
duet the business here.
The Laughlin Nail Company shipped 80
car loads of nails during the past week.
This makes 175, 600 keys of nails.
Hon. K. II. Cochran, of Toledo, is the
guest of Mr. Joel Wood.
Miss S. T. Coffin has returned from a
visit in Chicago.
Paul Morrison entertained swell party
Of'friends very pleasantly at his home on
Seventh street Friday evening. The even
ing was spent ill conversation, vocal and
instrumental music and refreshments.
Those present were Misses Alma Chcssell,
Carrie Inglebright, Jessie Swartz, Kate
RalstOn, Edith McKim and Messrs.
James Hinkell, John Crooks, Mortimer
Williams and Walter Darrsh.
j. E B. Macdonald of Bridgeport, was
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